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Lindsay Gordon

The Week in Pictures: New Wasp Species Enslaves Spiders, Endangered Trees, Eco Car Gets... - 0 views

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    "From the recent discovery of a species of wasp that enslave unsuspecting spiders to a new report from the United Nations that estimates a 500% growth over the next 10 years in computer waste in India alone, a lot has happened this week in green."
lark dunham

WWF's Top 10 Endangered Species to Watch in 2010 : TreeHugger - 0 views

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    Great slideshow of some of the most threatened species in the world.
Patrick Thornton

Indonesia's psychedelic fish named a new species - 0 views

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    "A funky, psychedelic fish that bounces on the ocean floor like a rubber ball has been classified as a new species."
Lindsay Gordon

Slideshow: Eight of North America's Most Threatened Birds - OnEarth Magazine - 0 views

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    "Warmer global temperatures aren't just wiping out the habitat of polar bears and penguins. They're also affecting many species closer to home -- including some right in your back yard. In this year's State of the Birds report, issued earlier this month, researchers from the National Audubon Society, U.S. Department of Interior, Cornell Lab or Ornithology, and others studied how climate change is affecting the habitats, ranges, and populations of birds across North America. OnEarth takes a look at eight vulnerable bird species from across the continent."
Lindsay Gordon

Threats to Mangrove Species Growing Rapidly Worldwide, Report Says (Yale Environment 360) - 0 views

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    "One in six mangrove species faces extinction as coastal ecosystems are being destroyed or damaged by development, aquaculture, logging, and climate change, according to a new study. On the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of Central America, as many as 40 percent of mangrove species are threatened, the report said."
Patrick Thornton

Humans Now Wiping Out Species at 1,000 Times the Natural Rate - 0 views

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    "Eight years ago, world governments made a pledge to put a halt to growing biodiversity loss by 2010. They have not succeeded. The ongoing loss of biodiversity has instead become even more severe of a threat to the planet's once-balanced ecosystems--it's become a full-on extinction crisis. Thanks to human development and expansion, species are now going extinct exponentially faster than ever before--they're dying out at the frightening speed of 1,000 times the natural rate."
Patrick Thornton

New bird species found in rainforests of Borneo - 0 views

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    A new species of bird, the spectacled flowerpecker, has been spotted in the rainforests of Borneo.
Patrick Thornton

Tiny Wasps Could Be Natural Alternative to Pesticides - 0 views

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    "Or it could be an ecological disaster, as introducing one species to combat another species often turns out to be. However, after a "detailed" study, scientists are looking at using tiny parasitic wasps as a natural solution to pesticide to protect crops."
Patrick Thornton

Tiger Tops WWF's List of Ten Critically Endangered Species - 0 views

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    "There are only about 3,200 tigers left on the planet. Habitat loss and illegal pouching are largely to blame. In the last 100 years, world tiger populations have been decimated by 95% due to the demand for tiger bones, skins & other body parts."
Lindsay Gordon

Blind Snakes Among Madagascar's Oldest Species (TreeHugger) - 0 views

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    When Madagascar broke free from India, ancient blind snakes hopped aboard for the ride, according to new genetic research. "The small burrowing snakes are found on every continent except Antarctica, but are primarily distributed across the southern hemisphere. The earthworm-like snakes use a specially adapted mouth to eat eggs and larvae and may spend all of their lives under ground. Furthermore, researchers have struggled-because of it's almost exclusively subterranean lifestyle-to explain the elusive snake's geographic distribution."
Patrick Thornton

'Terminator' carp threatens Great Lakes - 0 views

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    Environmentalists say Asian carp, an invasive species of food-guzzling fish, could cause an ecological disaster if it enters Lake Michigan.
Patrick Thornton

BBC News - 'Extinct' frog found in Australia - 0 views

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    A frog species thought to have been extinct for more than three decades has been sighted in farmland in Australia.
Patrick Thornton

Rare Bumblebee Species Rediscovered in Scotland after 50 Years - 0 views

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    "It's been absent from the hives of Scotland for 50 years but, it seems, the Southern Cuckoo bumblebee has returned. Still common in England, the curious bee-a member of the subgenus Psithyrus-was discovered just over the border in St Abbs."
lark dunham

Extreme Bird-Watching From Tundra To Swamp - The Picture Show Blog : NPR - 0 views

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    Talks about the Red Knot - flagship species for 3 Rare campaigns in Argentina. Amazing photos.
Emily Landis

Galapagos Islands are transformed - 0 views

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    Darwin would be heart broken----The Galapagos archipelago has already been transformed by global climate changes and human activity, a report has concluded.
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    This is messed up, "A series of events, including the 1982 El Nino, overfishing and the appearance of urchins that destroy coral, has altered the islands' marine ecosystems. At least 45 Galapagos species have now disappeared or are facing extinction. "
Patrick Thornton

The haunting, beautiful "unchopping a tree" video you must see - 0 views

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    "If deforestation were happening in your city, how quickly would you work to stop it?" the video asks, pointing out that 90 acres of rainforest are destroyed every minute. Deforestation threatens half of the world's species, and is responsible for 20% of global warming emissions."
Patrick Thornton

WWF's Top Ten Critically Endangered Species - 0 views

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    1. Tiger 2. Polar Bear 3. Pacific Walrus 4. Magellanic Penguin 5. Leatherback Turtle 6. Bluefin Tuna 7. Mountain Gorilla 8. Monarch Butterfly 9. Javan Rhinoceros 10. Giant Panda
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